Friday, December 05, 2025 | 11:23 AM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Sadhvi Pragya humbles Digvijay in Bhopal with huge margin

Image

Press Trust of India Bhopal

BJP candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur Thursday defeated Congress stalwart Digvijay Singh by a huge margin of 3,64,822 votes in the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat.

Thakur, 49, bagged 8,66,482 votes, while Singh received 5,01,660 in the high-profile seat.

A total of 14,07,954 votes were polled in the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, a BJP bastion since decades.

NOTA bagged 5,430 votes.

As many as 30 candidates were in the fray in the constituency, but the main contest was between Thakur and Singh, 72, a former two-time chief minister.

This was the maiden election for Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case currently out on bail.

 

Disclaimer: No Business Standard Journalist was involved in creation of this content

Don't miss the most important news and views of the day. Get them on our Telegram channel

First Published: May 23 2019 | 11:21 PM IST

Explore News